aggregate_cases {GHRexplore} | R Documentation |
Aggregate cases
Description
Aggregates a data frame containing disease cases in space and/or time.
Usage
aggregate_cases(
data = NULL,
cases = NULL,
pop = NULL,
time = NULL,
area = NULL,
pt = 1e+05,
aggregate_space = NULL,
aggregate_time = NULL
)
Arguments
data |
Data frame containing equally spaced (daily, weekly, monthly) incident cases for one or multiple areas. |
cases |
Name of the variable that identifies the cases. |
pop |
Name of the variable that identifies the population. |
time |
Name of the variable that identifies the temporal dimension. The values must be in date format ("yyyy-mm-dd") representing the day of observation for daily data, the first day of the week for weekly, or the first day of the month for monthly observations. |
area |
Name of variable that identifies the different locations (e.g., areal units) for which a time series is available. |
pt |
Scale of the person-time (default 100,000) for incidence rates. |
aggregate_space |
Name of variable used to define spatial aggregation groups. |
aggregate_time |
Temporal scale used to perform temporal aggregation. Options are: "week" (ISO 8601), "month", "year". |
Value
A data frame with the aggregated cases.